The journey rather thanthe destination is what matters most

We can journey through life either as storymakers or as listmakers,​using the same ordinary stuff that makes up our lives in very different ways.

Listmakers, as the name suggests, use the stuff of life to make lists—to do lists, to have lists, to achieve lists, and so on. While a useful and sometimes even necessary way to live, the dangers for listmakers include legalism, hypocrisy and a greater concern for progress than the process of living. Storymakers are people who choose to live their life as a story, as an unfolding plot that inexorably moves towards resolution and its ending. Storymakers focus on the process of living in the now rather than on making progress by accomplishing predetermined goals. The journey rather than the destination is what matters most. They embrace the ambiguity and mystery and subjectivity of story, living the questions that can’t now be answered.

Christian storymakers immerse themselves in the Grand Story of Scripture, a story of creation, chaos and redemption, in order to live a life narrated by this Grand Story.

Because I desire to be a storymaker and help others live this way, I have called the work I do StorymakerLife. My purpose is to facilitate Christian spiritual formation in the Way of Jesus through a variety of practices. These include Storymakers, a discipline of reading the Bible together for all its worth; spiritual direction, a discipline of telling and listening to one’s personal sacred tale; retreats, an opportunity to pull away from distractions and be attentive to God and self; and also prayer pilgrimage as a way of praying for and in the local church.​

New Book: Live the Story not the Dream

﻿There is nothing wrong with having and living a dream.The question is: What narrates and thus shapes the dream we live? ​Good dreams that lead to good (think gospel) living need good stories to shape them. The Storythe Bible tells is a good Story to live because it is a story about transformation and redemption for all creation, not just us humans. ReadLive the Story not the Dreamto learn about a Story that shapes our dreams and living in ways that are good because they are redemptive and holistic.​Available at most online book stores, including lulu.com. You can also download an eBook format from lulu.com.